[LM_NET] Shelving Mc Mac books

[Andrea Koch <kochandrea@MSN.COM>]

I am a new elementary SLMS.  In our library they have traditionally filed 
fiction books beginning with Mc as Mac.

I want to file names beginning with M’, Mac, and Mc (as well as other 
letters for which this occurs) alphabetically exactly as they are spelled.  
I think this would be much easier for the kids to understand and the 
volunteers to shelve.  However, I do want the students to learn to use any 
library so I want to maintain some consistency. Somehow I got through school 
without learning this!  What do you do and are there ALA rules that govern 
this?

Also, they do not file series by number, but by the title of the book, 
interspersed with other titles by the same author.  What do you do in this 
case?

Thanks so much!!

Andrea Koch, SLMS
French Road Elementary School
Brighton, New York
kochandrea@msn.com

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